Liyang


Liyang is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2024, it had a population of 806,900. It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Wuxi to the east, Xuancheng to the south, and Nanjing to the west.

Administration

In August 1990, the PRC State Council approved the upgrade of Liyang from a county to a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changzhou.
At present, Liyang City has 3 subdistricts and 9 towns.
;3 subdistricts
  • Kunlun
  • Licheng
  • Guxian
;9 towns
  • Daitou
  • Shanghuang
  • Daibu
  • Tianmuhu
  • Bieqiao
  • Shangxing
  • Zhuze
  • Nandu
  • Shezhu

    Geography

Liyang has a total area of. Liyang resides at the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and is part of the Yangtze River Delta.

Climate

Liyang has a humid subtropical climate, with an average annual temperature of 16.6 °C, It's higher than Nanjing and lower than Suzhou. The average annual precipitation is 1198.8 mm. The monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 33% in June to 47% in August, the city receives 1,824.9 hours of bright sunshine annually. In recent years, Liyang has warmed up faster, take 2025 as an example, the average temperature of Liyang was 18.6°C which was 2.0°C higher than the average from 1991 to 2020.

Transportation

The Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway crosses Liyang. As of 2020, over 80 passenger trains make daily stops at Liyang Railway Station, which is located 5 kilometres south of downtown Liyang. The shortest commute time to major cities nearby by train is 26 minutes for Nanjing and 53 minutes for Hangzhou. There are also direct connections to other major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Tianjin, Qingdao, Wuhan, Changsha, and Kunming.
National highways G25 and G4011 cross Liyang.
The nearest major airport is Nanjing Lukou International Airport, roughly one hour by car away.

Language

The dialect spoken by most people in Liyang is a Northern Wu dialect closely related to that of Changzhou, while others speak Standard Mandarin or Jianghuai Mandarin.

Sights

inside Liyang, is a popular tourist area featuring the lake, resorts, and famous fish head soup.
Nanshan Zhuhai is another tourist site with great views of bamboo trees all over the hills.
It is also an artificial lake.

Education

has a campus in Liyang for its School of Civil Aviation and School of General Aviation.